The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1) – Gene Wolfe Free Audiobook

Written by Gene Wolfe
Read by Jonathan Davis
Format: M4A
Bitrate: 32 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
Release Date:01-12-10
Publisher: Audible Studios

The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. It is the tale of young Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession — showing mercy toward his victim — and follows his subsequent journey out of his home city of Nessus.